Earthquakes continue to shake northwestern Oklahoma and city leaders in the town of Medford are rattled with frustration.

City Manager Dea Mandevill said it’s not unusual to feel an earthquake in her town on a regular basis.

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“You go to bed, and you’re woke up three times with earthquakes, that’s not right,” Mandevill said.

Mandevill said the area was shaken with six earthquakes on Saturday and six more on Sunday. She said tremors are causing damage to residents’ homes and keeping them up at night.

“Now we have had so many and they’re getting closer and closer to town,” Mandevill said. “People are starting to say, ‘That’s enough and we’re just not getting the attention that we’re supposed to be receiving from the state.’”

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission recently cut back on wastewater disposal operations in the area. However, Mandevill said this is not a permanent solution, and the state lawmakers need to take more action.

“I would like there to be some sort of regulation to where the oil companies can still produce the oil and they can still return the water,” Mandevill said. “Maybe there needs to be some actual regulations in monitoring what these people are putting into the ground.”

Resident Barbara Solorio said the last earthquake she felt was Monday morning around 10:30.

“It just went boom and jerked the chair,” Solorio said.

Solorio said she and many other residents are just hoping something is done before it gets worse.

“I’m afraid we’re going to have a big one and it’s going to damage a lot of people’s houses or hurt somebody or kill somebody,” Solorio said.

The OCC said they are looking into a larger plan with a goal of reducing the seismic activity in the region. Spokesman Matt Skinner said even though they’ve already taken action in Medford, it’s apparent that a more regional approach to the problem is needed.